The following Contracting Parties are officially listed by the World Forum as applying this regulation. Nonetheless, this designation does not necessarily mean that a given Contracting Party either issues its own type approvals or accepts type approvals issued by other parties as there are exceptions.
| Contracting Party | Effective Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 18 June 1998 | ||
| France | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Italy | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Austria | 18 June 1998 | ||
| European Union | 19 February 2007 |
Approvals are granted by the individual EU member states, not by the EU itself. |
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| Azerbaijan | 14 June 2002 | ||
| Belarus | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Belgium | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Bulgaria | 19 February 2007 | ||
| Croatia | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Cyprus | 19 February 2007 | ||
| Czech Republic | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Denmark | 02 February 2007 | ||
| Estonia | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Finland | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Russian Federation | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Poland | 18 June 1998 | ||
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18 June 1998 | ||
| North Macedonia | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Greece | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Hungary | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Ireland | 19 February 2007 | ||
| Latvia | 18 January 1999 | ||
| Lithuania | 29 March 2002 | ||
| Ukraine | 22 March 2010 | ||
| Luxembourg | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Malaysia | 04 April 2006 | ||
| Turkey | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Tunisia | 01 January 2008 | ||
| Switzerland | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Malta | 19 February 2007 | ||
| Norway | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Montenegro | 03 June 2006 | ||
| Serbia | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Sweden | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Spain | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Portugal | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Romania | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Slovak Republic | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Slovenia | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Albania | 05 November 2011 | ||
| Egypt | 03 February 2013 | ||
| San Marino | 26 January 2016 | ||
| Georgia | 25 May 2015 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 08 January 2011 | ||
| Netherlands | 18 June 1998 | ||
| Republic of Moldova | 20 November 2016 | ||
| Nigeria | 17 December 2018 | ||
| Republic of Armenia | 30 April 2018 | ||
| Philippines | 03 November 2022 | ||
| Republic of Uganda | 23 August 2022 | ||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 31 October 2023 | ||
| Socialist Republic of Viet Nam | 24 September 2023 | ||
| Islamic Republic of Pakistan | 24 April 2020 |